February, 2013

27th February• Chuck Hagel appointed as
the new Secretary of Defense of the United States.

26th February• Railway Minister Pawan
Kumar Bansal presented the Railway Budget for 2013-14 in
Parliament.• Delhi becomes the first state in the country to
impose complete ban on manual scavenging.• Microsoft
introduces Internet Explorer 10.• Indian captain Mahendra
Singh Dhoni equaled record of Sourav Ganguly with 21st test
cricket win after defeating Australia by 8 wickets.

25th February• Park Geun-hye sworn in
as the first woman President of South Korea.• Maghi Purnima
Snan in of Mahakumbh 2013 at Allahabad.

24th February• Jelena Jankovic, the
former world no. 1 won the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas Cup 2013.
• 85th Academy Awards for Oscar,2013 ceremony took place•
Assam became the first state in India to produce over 500
million kilogram tea for two years in a row.• Mahendra Singh
Dhoni became the first Indian wicket-keeper to score
double-century in a test match while scoring unbeaten 206 runs
against Australia.

23rd February

22th February• Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) on 22 February 2013 issued final guidelines for issuing
licenses for opening new banks• Harbhajan Singh played his
100th test while playing against Australia in M.A. Chidambaram
Stadium, Chennai.

20th February• Virat Kohli appointed as
the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for IPL, 2013.•
Boiko Borisov announced resignation as Prime Minister of
Bulgaria.

19th February• Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
appointed as Chairman of the Sahitya Academy.

18th February• Vishwanathan Anand wins
the Grenke Classic Chess tournament.• Social Worker Ela
Bhatt awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for 2011. She
is the founder of SEWA.

17th February• Rafael Nadal defeated
David Nalbandian in to win the Brazil Open.• Australia wins
ICC Women’s World Cup Trophy. In the final, they defeat defeated
West Indies by 114 runs.• The Romanian film “Child's
Pose(Pozitia Copilului)” bagged the Golden Bear prize for best
film at the 63rd Berlin film festival.

16th February• Serena Williams became
the new World number one women’s tennis player after reaching
Semifinals of Qatar Open Tennis Championship in Doha.

14th February• Y Bhaskar Rao, the
former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, sworn in as the
Lokayukta.• US Airways and American Airlines merge to become
the World’s biggest airline service.

13th February• Asoke Kumar Mukerji is
appointed as Permanent Representative of India to the United
Nations.• Mohan Parasaran is appointed as the new Solicitor
General of India.

12th February• North Korea conducted
its third Nuclear Test at North Hamgyeong Province.• Kalyan
Kumar Chakravarty appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala
Akademi.• International Olympics Committee (IOC) announced
its decision to drop wrestling from the list of core sports in
Olympics.

11th February• Pope Benedict XVI
announced that he would resign at the end of the month.

10th February• 36 people died as
stampede took place at the Allahabad railway.• Ranchi Rhinos
beat Delhi Waveriders 2-1 to win theHockey India League (HIL).
• Chinese new year celebrated.• Rest of India team win Irani
Trophy.